The clever maid of the red mansion

Because of the temple fair, there are especially many vendors carrying burdens, setting up stalls, and building tents. In addition to the thoroughfare outside the temple, an open space is also designated for these people to rent in the temple.

Master Dong lives in a secluded room, the surrounding scenery is very quiet, it can be seen that there are people of some status living there.Although wondering why Master Dong was being treated this way, Liu'er didn't care about it at this time, and caught a woman who looked like a servant to find out the direction, and went straight to the temple market.

When we arrived at Miaoshi, Liu'er couldn't see enough.

Needless to say, how busy it is with crowds of people, all kinds of things for sale are dizzying, and the hawkers are shouting and shouting.

For eating and playing, all kinds of food are fragrant and fragrant.Liu'er just looked at it and didn't care too much.Selling rouge, gouache, hairpin and ring jewelry in various colors, I only took a quick glance at her. At her age, gold and silver jewelry are nothing. In order to block other people's mouths at the same time, otherwise there will be no need to mess around in Xiuzhuang in the future.

Thinking of this, I went back to look for food loaders, and picked two bags of fruit that I hadn’t seen before. The mouth of the cannibal is short, and whoever eats it will be shorter. If there is nothing to do, send less. It's not a waste of time.

Unknowingly, Liu'er habitually focused on managing her living environment, and her original straightforwardness has changed a lot.

Seeing the ruler selling cloth at a glance, he rushed over, but was disappointed.It's just some ordinary materials, and it suddenly occurred to me that my expectations were too high.

For this kind of temporary market, some ordinary silk and satin cloth would be good, so why would you want to see some makeup python feather gauze?

Really wealthy people, who don't have a regular shop or merchant supply, it is really impossible to go to the market outside to buy clothes, but I am stupid.

Strolling to a small embroidery stall selling purses, sachets, handkerchiefs, forehead wipes, etc., there are so many colors and colors, it’s nice to see. The stall owner in front of me is a woman in her 40s who often runs small businesses, so she has a discerning eye.

At first, Liu'er was a half-grown child, so she didn't pay much attention, she just paid attention to other buyers, talked all over her mouth, and praised her girl energetically to a pair of well-dressed mother and daughter, "... ouch , I still have a little lady with vision, I am not an old lady, I boast, the things here are all carefully sewn by top embroiderers, let's say that the purse in the little lady's hand, although the color is not so bright, it is very good for the brothers at home. Okay. You might as well tell grandma and girl secretly that this is the only material I use for the whole stall. It turned out that some high-end material came out of the high door. It is a decent eight hundred wild ducks with feathers and satin on their heads. If you have money, you can’t buy it. Go, add this embroiderer, tsk tsk, five hundred dollars is not expensive..."

In the end, this matter still has to fall on money, the nature of businessmen.

Originally Liu'er didn't care much about money, but when she became sensible, Jia's mansion had the best food and clothing, and didn't need much money, the big girl also had a lot of monthly bills, even though she spent money carelessly, she left things before she died , the total is still worth a few hundred taels of silver, enough for a small family to live a life or two.

Now my thinking has changed. Don't look at reading and literacy, but I know some difficulties in the world.

Hearing now, what purse costs five hundred dollars, which is more than half a month in her previous life. It is expensive enough, so she turned her head to look.His eyes glanced over the mother and daughter inadvertently, but he was suddenly startled.

But they are acquaintances, acquaintances in previous lives.

It was none other than Mrs. Wang's accompanying room, Mrs. Zhou of Zhou Rui's family.Another young girl is Zhou Yueqiu, a girl from his family. She was nicknamed Yuaner because she was born on the August Festival.

As far as Zhou Rui's family is concerned, the couple are well-behaved and smooth. Although they are accompanied by the wife, they never do things out of line, and they are very popular with everyone.Although the couple said that the mansion was decent, but when their daughter grew up, she redeemed her body and left the mansion to marry, and did not spend her whole life living in the mansion enthusiastically and richly.But the son is useless, so he has to dawdle in the house.

In her previous life, Liu'er didn't have much contact with Zhou Rui's family, it was just for saving face.When she entered the mansion, her daughter was already married, and she only met once or twice, without saying a word.I just remember that she seems to be married to a reseller of antiques, surnamed Leng, a foreigner, with some family background, the Zhou family couple helped arrange the marriage, and the servants said that Qiuyue married lowly.

Touched by the crowd behind her, she regained her senses, Liu'er regained her composure, holding a sachet, looking at Zhou Qiuyue from the corner of her eye, she was still an unmarried girl in her hairstyle, fair and delicate, a little She is very handsome, much stronger than the Zhou family couple.

That Zhou Qiuyue heard the woman selling goods froth, and she said impatiently, "What a good thing, we have never seen it before, and the wild duck feathers are fine, I have never seen it in the world! Don't you know that you can still buy it?" If there is peacock wool fabric, then it’s a good thing. You can tell it’s not true from what you say, maybe something is pretending to be a good one! If it weren’t for the embroiderer who can see a little bit, do you think your material is really good for this girl? Mom, let's go, I think there will be something interesting in this kind of place, but it's just a lot of fun."

The saleswoman is also a naughty woman. When she heard that she was not happy, she also bullied the little girl, so she raised her voice immediately, "What do you say, little lady? If you have a mouth, go out and inquire about it. My Wang's wife is famous in ten miles and eight streets. The workmanship of the material can be seen with long eyes, right? It’s not that you say it’s not good, so it’s not good! The heavenly king and I have to be reasonable! Although picky is the buyer, it can’t be too out of line, right? Give me a bad word, buy it Don't buy it, or don't delay the old lady's business, the whole family is still relying on this to make a living, and the Bodhisattva who broke the life path will blame it."

Zhou Qiuyue was very angry, and she wanted to go up to argue later, but her old mother hurriedly held her back, because it was not worth it, a woman in the market, she didn't embarrass herself, they wanted to save face.

"Forget it, what's the big deal, don't be like those shallow-sighted, big things, buy them if you like them, usually spend a lot of money, it's not worse than this one, don't you still have to worship Bodhisattva, the business is important." For a few big money , Tell a woman in the market that you have nothing to lose.

Zhou Qiuyue was also pampered and spoiled since she was a child, and she was raised by others. She has a temperament and has never been wronged.So it's really not about money, it's really not pleasing to see this woman.There was a heavy breath in the chest, and it was really uncomfortable.

It's not okay to let her quarrel with a rough woman, but I don't want to make her proud, so I made up my mind and said: "I won't tell you too much, let's talk about wild ducks and peacocks, let's just talk about this purse, give it to someone." Net price, how much will it sell for?”

The old woman is used to doing business, and she can bend and stretch. When she heard that she was well-known, she saw that the girl was dressed with some wealth, so she hurriedly put on a flattering smile, "The old lady has no shape just now, so please don't blame me, I'm a rough person, straight-tempered. Since the little lady Dadu, let me give you a reserve price. It’s a good relationship. If you pay less, you’ll lose money. One-buy price, four hundred bucks, no less. An embroiderer, a good embroiderer needs three days of work, and the wages are more than that. Besides, the pattern is also generous and not vulgar, Songhe prolongs the year, how auspicious, whether it is for elders or brothers, it is good..."

The round of foaming started again.

It's a pity that Zhou Yuan'er made up his mind to kill him to vomit blood, and a tug-of-war started in two strokes. You belittled me and praised you, but I still maintained restraint in my attitude.

Zhou Rui's family tried to take away their daughter several times but couldn't. They blamed himself and his wife for spoiling their daughter, but they had no choice but to accompany her, but their faces were a little embarrassed.

After the price dropped to three hundred dollars, Mrs. Wang refused to lower it any more, and her tone was quite honest, "Good girl, let me drink tea as a reward for the old woman's sip, and it can't be lowered. To say something heartfelt, three A hundred big bucks, the old woman doesn't earn anything, just think that the old woman's words are not pleasant to listen to, so why not accompany the girl."

In fact, Zhou Yuan'er also felt that Xu was annoying, she was not the kind of person who calculated and calculated these three melons and two dates, and seeing her old lady's face was gloomy, she immediately took out her purse and paid the money to finish the calculation.

Liu'er watched the excitement for a long time, how can you say that Hunxiuzhuang has been so knowledgeable for so many days, although what the woman said is not true, isn't it a common saying that buying is not selling, but it depends on what you say, she is really good at embroidery That's a lot of exaggeration.

Seeing that the Zhou family's wife was about to leave, Liu'er rolled her eyes, intending to sell the two of them.She can't guarantee that she will have a good life in this life, and she will definitely not be sold into Jia's mansion.Although she doesn't want to go in again, it's good to have a little thought first, just to make things easier.

After making up his mind, he raised his voice and said crisply: "Ma'am, do you still have the purse that my sister bought just now? I'll buy one too. It's too cheap. At first glance, you are a real person."

The mother-in-law only wanted to praise her, so she looked at Liu'er happily, "little girl, you have good eyesight, but it's a pity, there is only one purse like that. But I still have bright colors here, a little girl like you likes it, The price is not that expensive, here, this pink impatiens flower embroidered on green silk silk, well, it only costs twenty dollars..."

Seeing that the Zhou family and his wife were about to leave, Liu'er hurriedly stopped the old woman from talking, and said, "No, it's only like that sister just now, and that material is good. My master has a big dress made of that material, which is exactly the same. It is said to be peacock makeup, It is made of peacock feathers and twisted gold thread. The gold thread is extremely thin, and the luster of the material can only be seen when it is exposed to the light. I heard that one horse costs dozens of silver coins, and they are all sent to the palace for women. This sister really found a treasure hee hee..."

When Zhou Yuan'er heard this, she hurriedly raised her purse to shine a light on the sun, and it was indeed radiant and dotted with gold stars, she was overjoyed, and couldn't help but look at Liu'er a few more times.

Zhou Rui's family was also quite surprised, secretly wondering which high-ranking servant this little girl was from, she couldn't tell from her clothes, but she looked well-groomed and spoke cleverly, but she didn't say much, and left with a happy girl.

Mrs. Wang's face turned blue, she was the same color as the clothes on her body, she looked at Liu'er as an eyesore, and her tone became even more annoyed, "Who's child, do you want to buy it or not? If you don't buy it, go away, don't delay my business here!"

Although she was not happy, she was [-]% sure in her heart that what the little girl in front of her said was probably true.

Because she is a peddler at home, she can speak well and is very good at business affairs. She walks the streets and alleys, and is familiar with some needleworkers and threaders in high schools. In addition to selling some needles and thread brains, she can often buy leftovers from other people's households, don't look at bits and pieces. , but they are all good things, many of which he does not know what they are made of.

Looking at Liu'er now, she seems to be well-dressed in her eyes, and she looks outstanding, she must be serving a serious master, and if she is a servant from a high school, she must be more knowledgeable than her.

Seeing the old woman, Liu'er didn't care, she didn't like it, she held back her smile and was about to leave, when a young man next to her suddenly stepped forward and said, "This little girl has a good eye, my brother just wants to buy something to give away, Could you please help me choose some."

Looking up, they are two young sons, dressed well, and they look like the sons of wealthy families.

She didn't know that these two had been watching this scene for a long time, and they both felt that the little girl was very interesting, so they couldn't help teasing her, and they just wanted to sell favors, buy this woman's things, kill two birds with one stone.